Is Rock-N-Roll Finally Dead?

[Mos Eisley]

What I considered the epitome of rockness circa 1984...

What's happened to us now...

Such a sham, uh, I mean shame.

 

[Blinocac200sx]

I don't listen to my rock on the radio much, though sometimes I tune into Radio-U (90.5). Mostly I get my rock from actual albums, Pandora, or Spotify. Demon Hunter released their latest just this month. Good stuff so far.

 

[cjjtulsa]

Except picture #2 isn't any more "rock" than it is Country & Western.

 

[Jckellison]

Rock ain't dead... I just think it's the natural progression of becoming your parents. Get older, can't understand rebellious kids and the noise they listen to.

 

[Mos Eisley]

Except picture #2 isn't any more "rock" than it is Country & Western.

Not saying they are, but that's what they're promoting instead. VH was the hottest ticket you could get back in '84. Where's the Van Halen or Metallica of 2012?

 

[hanson405]

I'll preface this by saying I'm 24, but it is getting VERY hard for me to find anything I actually like on the radio. Just the nature of the beast. I was raised on Zeppelin, AC/DC, Rush, Peter Frampton, etc etc. I've recently "discovered" Avenged Sevenfold, which I'm sure you guys probably won't like (Neither does my Dad..) but I like them.

 

[hanson405]

As far as Avenged Sevenfold is concerned, Try listening to Buried Alive first. It's a good transition I think.

 

[RKM]

As long as rock-in-roll is in your soul, it will never be dead.........

 

[gregorius]

Rock ain't dead... I just think it's the natural progression of becoming your parents. Get older, can't understand rebellious kids and the noise they listen to.

This may be true of lots of people, but I am rapidly approaching 40 and my taste in music has expanded dramatically from when I was a kid. When I was in high school I listened to what I thought was rebellious - Metal and Rap, almost exclusively. I still listen to a lot of metal, but much less hip-hop. Mainstream hip-hop is mostly just dumb, not rebellious.
Now I listen to lots of exceedingly weird electronic music, a lot of which is stuff that most people would consider just noise. I listen to a lot of extreme metal that most people are really put off by (just ask my wife), but I also listen to southern rock, old (pre 1980) country and R&B, Jazz - you name it, I probably listen to it. My tastes have changed, but I mostly feel bad for kids today because they must care enough to dig into music, otherwise they all end up listening to garbage with no heart.

 

[Blinocac200sx]

As long as rock-in-roll is in your soul, it will never be dead.........

God gave Rock and Roll to you. . .